The default font is unreadably small on some hidpi displays. This
makes it possible to specify a TrueType or OpenType font at any point
size, and it will automatically be converted to the format the Grub
uses.
Using the --force option on GRUB isn't recommended, but there are very
specific instances where it makes sense. One example is installing on a
partitionless disk.
Both btrfs-progs and utillinux are ~5MB, we may discuss in future
to handle this better but I see no better way at the moment than
increaing purity in the install process.
':' is currently used as separator in /boot/grub/state for the list of
devices GRUB should be installed to. The problem is that ':' itself may
appear in a device path:
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_20043512300546C0B317-0:0
With such a path, NixOS will install GRUB *every* time, because it
thinks the configuration differs from the state file (due to the wrong
list split). Fix it by using ',' as separator.
For existing systems with GRUB installed on multiple devices, this
change means that GRUB will be installed one extra time.
This reverts commit b861bf8ddf, because according to @mdorman [1] this
change rendered his NixOS systems unbootable, and we probably don't want that.
[1] b861bf8ddf (commitcomment-16058598)
Previously this barfed with:
updating GRUB 2 menu...
fileparse(): need a valid pathname at /nix/store/zldbbngl0f8g5iv4rslygxwp0dbg1624-install-grub.pl line 391.
warning: error(s) occured while switching to the new configuration
Some filesystems like fat32 don't support symlinking and need to be
supported on /boot as an efi system partition. Instead of creating the symlink directly in boot, create the symlink in
a temporary directory which has to support symlinking.
This reverts commit 469f22d717, reversing
changes made to 0078bc5d8f.
Conflicts:
nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/install-grub.pl
nixos/release.nix
nixos/tests/installer.nix
I tried to keep apparently-safe code in conflicts.
